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Yes, I know this passed FA, but I've written and reviewed enough FAs to know better than anyone that FA doesn't mean perfect. A sampling of the problems:
God of War is an action-adventure, hack and slash, mythology-based video game series, originally created by...information overload in the first sentence (and that isn't even the end of the sentence). A single genre is sufficient for the lead, and anyway the stuff about it being based on mythology is covered later. (It's also not grammatically correct: it should be
action-adventure hack-and-slash mythology-based video game series originally created by..., with hyphens and no commas.
Avoid bloat in the first sentence. Restrict it to the most important aspects of the topic, and I think this is a pretty blatant case of bloat. Also, this isn't video games, but the MoS for film actually specifies only one genre in the lead sentence specifically to fight this kind of thing. Popcornduff ( talk) 06:41, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
such as a comic book series—God of War (2010–11) .. a web-based graphic novel—Rise of the Warrior (2012–13)—and a digital comic—God of War #0 (2018).As these don't seem like major releases (and none have their own independent article) are these really worth mentioning? No. They can simply be covered as "comics". Likewise, is it really worth mentioning the titles of both God of War novelisations? No.
On a lower level, there are lots of unnecessary words:
originally created by David Jaffe...was it created twice?
The series' story centers around its playable character, Kratos...You don't need to say "The series' story" - we know you don't mean something else's story. We also don't need to be told that the story "centers around" the player character - that's almost always the case. (And "centers around" is an oxymoron - you mean "centers on"). In fact, you don't need to say "the story" at all: "The player character, Kratos, is a Spartan warrior who swears..." does the job.
for being the best action games for the PlayStation brand, and some of the best action games of all timeif they're praised as some of the best action games of all time, then that includes "the best action games for the PlayStation brand" as a subcategory. You don't need to say both.
Merchandise promoting the series has also been produced, including artwork, clothing-> Merchandise includes artwork, clothing...
I could go on. It needs a major haircut. Sorry to say that if I had reviewed this for FA I would have opposed. Popcornduff ( talk) 13:58, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
Should the series' entire plot be revealed in the lede? 20:06, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
Where does the God Of War: The Hydra Battle [Not For Resale Demo Disc] fall into the production? Normally when you have a demo, it came with another game, or was part of a bonus with a system, though from what I can tell this was sold as a stand alone. It looks as though the Demo was January 2005, and then the actual game was released at the end of March 2005. 98.11.150.181 ( talk) 02:53, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
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Yes, I know this passed FA, but I've written and reviewed enough FAs to know better than anyone that FA doesn't mean perfect. A sampling of the problems:
God of War is an action-adventure, hack and slash, mythology-based video game series, originally created by...information overload in the first sentence (and that isn't even the end of the sentence). A single genre is sufficient for the lead, and anyway the stuff about it being based on mythology is covered later. (It's also not grammatically correct: it should be
action-adventure hack-and-slash mythology-based video game series originally created by..., with hyphens and no commas.
Avoid bloat in the first sentence. Restrict it to the most important aspects of the topic, and I think this is a pretty blatant case of bloat. Also, this isn't video games, but the MoS for film actually specifies only one genre in the lead sentence specifically to fight this kind of thing. Popcornduff ( talk) 06:41, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
such as a comic book series—God of War (2010–11) .. a web-based graphic novel—Rise of the Warrior (2012–13)—and a digital comic—God of War #0 (2018).As these don't seem like major releases (and none have their own independent article) are these really worth mentioning? No. They can simply be covered as "comics". Likewise, is it really worth mentioning the titles of both God of War novelisations? No.
On a lower level, there are lots of unnecessary words:
originally created by David Jaffe...was it created twice?
The series' story centers around its playable character, Kratos...You don't need to say "The series' story" - we know you don't mean something else's story. We also don't need to be told that the story "centers around" the player character - that's almost always the case. (And "centers around" is an oxymoron - you mean "centers on"). In fact, you don't need to say "the story" at all: "The player character, Kratos, is a Spartan warrior who swears..." does the job.
for being the best action games for the PlayStation brand, and some of the best action games of all timeif they're praised as some of the best action games of all time, then that includes "the best action games for the PlayStation brand" as a subcategory. You don't need to say both.
Merchandise promoting the series has also been produced, including artwork, clothing-> Merchandise includes artwork, clothing...
I could go on. It needs a major haircut. Sorry to say that if I had reviewed this for FA I would have opposed. Popcornduff ( talk) 13:58, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
Should the series' entire plot be revealed in the lede? 20:06, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
Where does the God Of War: The Hydra Battle [Not For Resale Demo Disc] fall into the production? Normally when you have a demo, it came with another game, or was part of a bonus with a system, though from what I can tell this was sold as a stand alone. It looks as though the Demo was January 2005, and then the actual game was released at the end of March 2005. 98.11.150.181 ( talk) 02:53, 12 May 2023 (UTC)